Family | ZYGOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Zygophyllum iliense Popov |
Bibliography | Byull. Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ. 12: 112 (1926) |
Native Range | Central Asia to n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | root thick, ligneous, stems very ramose, leaflets 2-6, ovate to orbiculate, 10-12mm, flowers axillary, solitary or in pair, sepals oblong, obtuse, petals at base orange |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) |